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1996 Mitsubishi Fuso Fe Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 7, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Sep 7, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1996 Mitsubishi Fuso Fe. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed Sep 7, 2000

THE BELT THAT RUNS THE COOLING SYSTEM & ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BROKE AND THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. THE HEAT GAGE WAS NOT WORKING BECAUSE OF THE BELT BEING BROKEN AND THE DRIVER DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING. ON ALL OTHER VEHICLES WHEN THE BELT BRAKES THE VECHICLE STOPS RUNNING SHORTLY AFTER BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS DOWN AND YOUR BATTERY RUNS DOWN. WITH THIS MITSUBISHI THE VEHICLE KEEPED RUNNING BECAUSE OF THE DOUBLE BATTERIES AND GAVE NO WARNING IT WAS OVERHEATING. THE ONLY WAY THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER KNOW ANYTHING WAS WRONG WAS SEEING WHITE SMOKE WHEN THEY LOOKED OUT THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE ENGINE COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE A HURT THE PASSENGERS. THIS VEHICLE MADE A 3 YEAR UNLIMTED MILE WARRANTY AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT STAND UP TO IT. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH US.

NHTSA ID
730579
Incident
Aug 26, 2000

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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